Combination-tool



(No Model.)

R. W. ARCHER.

COMBINATION TOOL.

No. 313,272. Patented Mar. 3, 1885.

lhvrrnn Sra'rns Parent @rrrcnia ROGER WILLIAMS ARUHER, OF BEEVILLE, TEXAS.

COMBlNATlON-TQOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 313,272, dated March 8, 1885.

Application filed April 25, 1884. (N0 model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that LRoonR WILLIAMS ARGH- ER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beeville, in the county of Bee and State of Texas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combination-Tools, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a tool having a staple-holder, a driver, a chisel, a vise attachment, and a detachable driver adapted to be used with the vise to splice the ends of the wire in building wire fences, in which the tool is used for driving staples, cutting the wire, and splicing the wire, the several devices forming a combination-tool disposed for convenient use upon a stock or holder.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents that side of the tool having the staple-holder and driver; Fig. 2, that side of the tool having the wire-cutter; Fig. 3, an end view of the tool; Fig. 4, a view in perspective illustrating the operation of splicing the ends of the wire; and Fig. 5, the detachable driver having the cutter and applied to the stock.

The stock or holder a has an enlarged end, 1), formed with a longitudinal guide-groove, 0, adapted to receive and hold the staple d in position to be driven therefrom. The groove is preferably of dovetail form in crosssectiou, and is so formed as to hold the staple firmly therein to receive the action of the driver. The driver consists of a bar, 6, having its driving end made concave to fit -the bend of the staple. and its sides are beveled to fit the guide-groove 0, within which it is supported upon the stock, so as to be driven forward within the groove against the staple. The stool: has a longitudinal guide-slot, f, and the driver has a chisel, g, extending into and through said slot, so that when driven forward it will cut the wire h, placed against a shoulder, 13, of the stock at right angles to the cutting-edge, and On the side of the stock opposite to that on which the driver works, the said shoulder having a groove, to receive the edge of the chisel. The slotf, within which the chisel works, has a cross-slot, f, and the chisel has aside pin,g',which is passed through said crossslot in putting the driver in place, and serves to hold it upon the stock and permit of its removal. The vise consists of a clamping-jaw, 7', arranged on the side of the stock not occupied by the driver or chisel, so that its end forms a clamp with the side of the stock-head. The jaw has a suitablejointcoxr nection, k, with the stock, and is controlled in its clamping action by a screw, l, passing through it, thumb-nut in and a spring, a, acting to open and hold the jaw open to receive the lapped ends of the wire to form the splice.

In splicing the wire the two ends are lapped and crossed and secured within the clamp with the ends standing out at each side of the head. The driver is then removed from the stock, and one end of the wire is passed through a hole, r, in the driverbar, and the wire end wound around the wire, then wind the other end in the same way and the splice is formed. as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. surfaces of the jaw and of the stock may be guttered crosswise to receive and form a secure clamp for the lapped ends of the wire.

The tool is made of iron, and the driver for the staple forms the wire-cutter and the wind ing-arm in splicing, and for this latter purpose it is easily removed from the stock.

The chisel may be secured to the driver in any suitable way parallel with the driver-bar, and it fits in the stockslot, so as to form a guide to keep the driver in straight driving relation to the stapleholder.

The driver can be held in place in the stock by tongue and groove.

I claiin 1. The combination-tool composed of the stock at, having a longitudinal slot, f,and a grooved transverse shoulder, 01, and a driverbar, 6, having a chisel, 9, arranged to operate within the stock-slot to cut the wire placed against said cross-shoulder, substantially as herein set forth.

2. The stock formed with an enlarged head, b, having a longitudinal side groove, 0, adapted to receive and hold a staple, the cross-shout der i, and the longitudinal slot f, having a cross-slot, f, and a sliding driver, e, provided with a chisel, 9, extending through said stockslot having the cross-pins 9, serving as a guide The contiguous for said driver, and operating in conjunction constructed and arranged for use as herein is with the staple-holding groove 0 and the crossshown and described.

shoulder i, substantially as and for the purpose In testimony whereof I have aifixed my sigdescribed. nature in presence of two witnesses.

3. A combination-tool consisting. essen- ROGER WILLIAMS ARCHER Q tially. of the stock a, having the staple-holding side groove, 0, the longitudinal slot f, and Witnesses: the cross-shoulder i, the driver 6, having the G. H. ORAIGIE, chisel g and the opening r, and the vise j, all R. B. SKAGGS. 

